Rebirth of America, this is my time

New Jersey is a place that Ethan is familiar with because it is right next to New York.

When Ethan was paying attention to the Mosaic League in his previous life, the place he went to most was not Madison Square Garden, nor was he watching New York Knicks games. Instead, he went to the Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn to watch the hard-core Komi Carey. ·How Irving dismantled the Nets step by step.

The Nets were already in New York at that time, but before that, they had been entrenched in New Jersey. If Ethan remembers correctly, when Dayao was still playing, this team's record was very poor, even in a single season. He also delivered the worst record in history with twelve wins and seventy losses.

Compared to the Golden State Warriors' 73 wins, that's nothing.

As for the overall runner-up?

Cough cough cough cough——

This fact impressed Ethan so much that after arriving in New York, America, he was very curious and walked around New Jersey, wanting to visit the birthplace of shame.

The stories that happened in the student days are always fresh in people's memories, and the aftertaste many years later can make people even more emotional. After abandoning the lost historical concept of the New Jersey Nets, Ballmer's words about Atlantic City In fact, it is the biggest highlight of New Jersey in Ethan’s eyes.

Because it is not only the venue for the Miss America pageant, but also the gambling city on the east coast of the United States, which is as famous as Las Vegas. Not only does it have a platform that can entertain thousands of people at the same time, but it also has the largest gambling house in America, Taj. Ling, and that spinach farm was once owned by a New York manufacturer.

‘Hey~ This is really all the fun coming together! ’ Ethan complained in his mind.

When the name Atlantic City appeared in his ears, he knew that a thousand units of Windfall might have been ordered by the owner of the gambling shop there.

So the person who placed the order is the owner of the gambling farm? Thinking of this, Ethan asked casually.

His casualness made Ballmer stunned for a moment and asked in confusion: The owner of the betting farm?

This reaction was somewhat beyond Ethan's expectations.

He looked at the bald man strangely and asked, You don't know?

As the words fell, Ballmer shook his head decisively.

Immediately afterwards, the two people stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

After a while, Ethan, who felt something was wrong, pressed down his right hand, indicating that the work at hand should be stopped for the time being. Ballmer would happily hand over the order record, turn around and run away.

When he came back again, he was holding a stack of newspapers in his hands.

Ballmer looked at Ethan apologetically and said, Boss, I'm very sorry. I have checked the information and it is true that gambling farms can be opened there. This was a mistake on our part...

It turns out that in New Jersey, spinach and spinach farms are two different things.

Spinach has a long history in New Jersey. During the French War and the War of Independence hundreds of years ago, the income from the spinach industry was even the main source of military expenditures. There is also the oldest horse racing track in the United States, and even churches and various All kinds of non-profit organizations make money through pindog games.

To put it harshly, spinach is the biggest main business in New Jersey. As a New Jersey native, if you don’t do spinach, then you are not doing your job properly.

But even so, there has still not been a gambling farm like Las Vegas for many years.

Firstly, this kind of thing is illegal according to state law, and secondly, the opening of gambling farms after the entry of large capital will definitely affect the income of other gamblers.

But big capital is building momentum every day in order to enter this industry.

They say their entry will bring more revenue to New Jersey.

They would also contribute more tax revenue to New Jersey.

They want New Jersey to accept them.

It's a pity that people in New Jersey don't believe those capitalists.

In order to protect its own interests, New Jersey held a referendum in 1974 to oppose the legalization of gambling establishments across the state, and then the excitement came.

Big capital decisively admitted defeat after the referendum results came out, and then said that they came to invest with good intentions. Since the people of New Jersey do not accept the legalization of gambling establishments across the state, then we will go with Las Vegas in Nevada. Like Garth, only do this in one city.

The city they chose was Atlantic City.

At the same time, they also said that their actions would bring many jobs to the local area.

cough--

This perfectly explains what compromise is in human nature.

When big capitalists began to learn from Zhou Shuren, their proposals were quickly accepted by the people of New Jersey. These people were just like gambling, and in 1976 they held a referendum and approved the construction of gambling farms in Atlantic City. Then, capitalists from all walks of life came to Atlantic City to invest wildly.

A businessman named James Crosby took the lead in building the Resort International Casino in Atlantic City, which officially opened on May 26 this year.

Since New Jersey's referendum is more like a game than the British referendum, the outside world is too lazy to watch their fun. In addition, there is Las Vegas on the west coast, and Destiny Games has been busy selling goods recently. So it's only natural that Ballmer doesn't understand what's going on there.

I just asked the staff of the marketing department to call the purchaser back and ask for their specific information. Those people said that they are indeed from the resort's international gambling center, and the thousand electronic arcade machines they need will also be placed. In their spinach hotel...

They also urged us to ship the goods quickly because Windfall is very popular with them, and they even designed some gameplay specifically for Windfall...

But unfortunately, those projects cannot be carried out on a large scale for the time being because there are not enough machines.

Ballmer Report.

What the fuck?

This result made Ethan frown slightly.

They already have our machines?

When did this happen?

I do not know how?

Ethan was very surprised.

In his memory, they seemed to have never sent machines to Atlantic City in large quantities.

It should have been bought from another merchant.

Ballmer had a different view, I just looked at the report and found that the sales volume of Windfall in New Jersey was 500 units, which is the most among all states. A lot of it must have flowed into Atlantic City, we just don’t know it.”

After all, we can't ban the second-hand trade of arcade machines.

Ethan agrees with this idea.

Before the official arrival of the Internet era, or in other words, before CNC technology officially entered industrial production, there was no way to control the changing hands of machines.

In the Internet era, if manufacturers want to prohibit transactions between users, they can just directly connect to the Internet regularly to verify the IP. Once the IP changes, they can directly lock the machine, but now?

forget it.

After they sell the machine, they have no control over what those merchants want to do.

In the past few years, when many merchants who purchased their arcade machines found that their arcade machines were broken, they asked local engineers to repair them. This is not only because the maintenance fees disclosed by Destiny Games are very expensive, but also because Destiny Games It also takes time for the game to dispatch maintenance engineers, and they don't want to wait.

Only after discovering that the motherboard is burned or the chip is damaged will I buy new parts from them.

Since many merchants give up after-sales service in order to make money, Ethan is also happy with this. As long as they don't engage in malicious copying, he will turn a blind eye.

But this time——

Please help me contact United Airlines and charter a plane to Atlantic City.

I have no travel plans, the sooner the better.

Oh, by the way, you come with me.

After learning that the spinach boss in Atlantic City designed a unique gameplay for Windfall, Ethan was really curious about what kind of damage his arcade machine had been ravaged by those merchants.

Why does the gambling farm over there need his machine so urgently?

He won't accept the order and ship it until he sees the reason.

So, at two o'clock in the afternoon Western time, Ethan set off directly from San Francisco International Airport. After a nine-hour flight, he finally arrived in Atlantic City at two o'clock in the morning on the East Coast the next day.

Then……

Then he saw a striking building.

This building is all white, with regular windows arranged neatly like waffle frames. The towering building with more than 20 floors looks like a tower used for marching and fighting in the European Middle Ages. The high circular dome gives people a sense of being able to climb high. The feeling of looking into the distance and looking around.

Under the bright neon light, a huge golden sign also appeared in front of Ethan.

The logo of 'Resorts International' introduces their identity to outsiders, and the word 'Casino' tells their function.

Below the 'Casino' sign, there is an ostentatiously decorated golden arch, a red carpet that stretches to the intersection, and its earthy appearance...

It is indeed luxury in the eyes of the public in this era.

However, to Ethan's surprise, when he arrived, the door under the 'Casino' sign was closed and seemed to have closed down. When he walked into the main entrance of the resort hotel with doubts, he asked the salesperson at the front desk why...

He heard a strange rule.

Sir, I'm sorry, our gambling farm is open during limited hours every day.

The business hours are from 10 am to 4 pm from Monday to Friday, and it is open all day on Saturdays and Sundays. By then, as long as you are over 21 years old, you can enter the gambling farm to get happiness.

Ethan was stunned for a moment after hearing such words.

At this moment, he even suspected that he was in the wrong place!

The place he came from was a spinach farm, right?

The betting shop is not open 24/7?

This is ridiculous...

Get some spinach to prevent addiction?

Ethan couldn't figure it out.

Also confused is Ballmer.

With a surprised look on his face, he asked directly: Why?

You only open six hours a day?

You still want to compete with Las Vegas?

Uh - sir - I'm very sorry - the young lady at the front desk explained with embarrassment, these business hours are actually the regulations of our state of New Jersey.

To ensure that spinach will not affect other industries and social order.

It's also about avoiding addiction and crime problems that spinach can cause.

If you want to feel happy during the non-operation period of the gambling farm, then you can go to our experience hall to experience a video game called Windfall.

These words made Ethan and Ballmer look at each other.

Then the two of them walked in the direction pointed by the young lady at the front desk.

When they arrived at the door of the experience hall, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the gap in the heavy door. When the waiter guarding the door helped them open the golden solid wood door, the smoke filled the air. The crowded scene was an eye-opener for them.

In the splendidly renovated hotel lobby, there are at least one hundred units of Windfall.

Even though it's two o'clock in the morning, the machines here are still crowded with people.

Some people had cigarettes in their mouths and stared at the screen with ferocious faces;

Some people held cigarette butts in their hands, bowed slightly, gripped the joystick tightly and kept fiddling with it;

Some people hold the machine with one hand and put the other hand on their waist, leaning forward to watch other people's games;

Some people were holding wine bottles. After seeing the good results, they said, Master! cheers for him.

As Ethan entered, the waiter guarding inside also came up.

Hello gentlemen, welcome to the lounge of our resort hotel...

The game you are seeing now is Windfall. Its gameplay is very simple...

The uniformed waiter introduced them. Then he said: Our machine costs twenty-five cents to play once. If you can get fifty points in one game, then the next game will be invited by our hotel, and our on-site staff will help you. coin for the next game.”

If you get 100 points, 200 points, 300 points, 400 points or even 500 points in a game, then our hotel will give you a one dollar according to the score you got. , five-dollar, ten-dollar, fifty-dollar and one-hundred-dollar chips.”

And if you get 666 or 888 points in a game, our hotel will give you one or two days of hotel accommodation based on the score.

When this rule appeared, Ethan suddenly felt that this hotel was really doing charity!

Although the game God of Wealth has both bonus points and subtractive points, the gold coins, gold nuggets and gold bricks for the bonus points correspond to two points, six points and ten points, while the stones and stones for the negative points correspond to It's one point and three points. When the points for the plus points are more than the points for the subtractions, the points in this game are actually very easy to get. During the test, Ethan could get a hundred points just by playing two games.

If someone knows this game, they might say that there is a meteorite setting in it. When the player is hit by a meteorite, the entire game will end.

But when designing this game, in order to give players a better gaming experience, the meteorite will only officially appear after one minute of the game.

And just based on the accumulation in the previous minute, as long as an individual can get fifty points.

At this level of difficulty, the resort hotel actually sets the free game score at fifty points?

So what's the difference between this and twenty-five cents that allows customers to play forever?

And when you can get chips with 100 points...

So isn’t playing this game just making money?

It's your mother's fault! I'm so good at making him bankrupt in one night!

Ethan felt that this hotel might be sick.

Then he signaled the accompanying bodyguards to squeeze out a machine for Ballmer to test.

As for why he didn't go?

That person is incompatible with gambling!

After the bodyguard took some time to help Ballmer get a machine by queuing up, a bunch of people gathered around to watch Ballmer play. The bald man was also very powerful. In the first game of the trial, Scored 72 points, winning them a chance to play for free.

In the second game, he scored 100 points and won a chip worth one dollar.

At this time, Ethan discovered the problem.

Because in the resort hotel's reward list, the rewards in the 100-point column are only chips.

If you want to play the third game, you can only continue to invest 25 cents.

Although judging from the current situation, they only got a one-dollar chip for twenty-five cents. This low price allowed them to make a lot of money, but...

This is obviously not how this account was calculated!

Boss, I think I understand.

Ballmer asked the bodyguard to continue inserting coins to start the third game, while he leaned next to Ethan and said: The owner of this hotel probably wants to attract those guests to stay in his hotel through the gimmick of discounted chips. Hotels, thereby making a steady stream of money from these people.”

Ballmer's words made Ethan laugh.

After simply looking around, he soon discovered that almost everyone present had a bargaining chip.

This fact made him pat Ballmer on the shoulder and signal the boy to continue playing.

After they invested nearly ten dollars and got almost fifty dollars in chips, Ethan asked Ballmer to go to the exchange port to exchange the chips into U.S. dollars, and then...

The staff member in charge of exchanging chips said: Sir, the chips you obtained in the game Windfall have no time to use. You can go there to play at any time when the gambling farm is open. However, these of yours Chips cannot be exchanged for money.”

Only after you have played a game in our betting shop and obtained the chips there, you can use those chips to come to us and exchange them for U.S. dollars of the corresponding face value.

Such words made Ballmer put away his chips.

After hearing this explanation, Ethan smiled brightly.

This kind of rhythm is so special!

Bait.

Ballmer commented with a smile and handed the chip to Ethan.

Yeah. Ethan took the chip and flipped it.

Then he waved his hand, loosened his fingers, and threw it into the trash can at the entrance of the hotel.

The sound of crashing made him feel emotional.

Steve.

Um?

The most indispensable thing in this world is talent, right?

This question made Ballmer nod his head and said: Yes.

Ethan was not joking, he really thought those guys in Atlantic City were geniuses.

After a few hours of watching, Ethan had discovered why Atlantic City needed his arcade. It was because New Jersey had regulations that limited gambling establishments to six hours on weekdays.

And this regulation is very disadvantageous for them.

This will not only affect the income of the casino, but also affect the occupancy rate of the hotel, because the core selling point of the casino hotel is that the guests staying here can go to the casino to play a few games anytime and anywhere. The days of playing and sleeping when you are sleepy are not only a paradise for bad gamblers, but also the real purpose of the owners of the betting shops and hotels. They want to squeeze all the money out of all the guests.

If the casino hotel is fully occupied during normal operations, the loss of guests is acceptable to the owner. However, if the casino hotel is not fully occupied and the guests are forced to leave because of the casino's anti-addiction mechanism, then this loss will It will definitely become a thorn in the boss's heart.

If it were before, there would be no way to solve this problem, because the players who come here are all here for spinach. If they can't spinach, then they have no reason to stay here.

But now, Windfall provides them with a way out.

There is indeed a law in New Jersey that prohibits gambling establishments from operating around the clock, but there is no law in New Jersey that prohibits hotels from providing electronic game services!

Since it can provide electronic game services, the hotel can firmly tie customers here with lottery tickets! Just like what they are doing now, selling cheap chips for twenty-five cents a game! On the surface, it looked like they were losing money, but—

As a betting shop, there is no way they would let their guests leave with a victory!

The fact that chips earned from video games cannot be directly redeemed is the best proof!

Going to the betting shop and taking home the winning chips is the best inducement!

This--

Special code! These people really know how to play!

Ethan spat.

Let's go to New York.

He climbed into the car provided by United Airlines.

I'm going to have a good sleep and then think about how to solve this problem!

Note: ① The chip numbers in the article are correct. The chip marks in that era were so small because U.S. dollars were very valuable, and on the first day the resort hotel opened, their disclosed revenue was only 1.3 million U.S. dollars. It's simply incomparable to now. ②In the beginning, Atlantic City had an ‘anti-addiction’ mechanism, but it was canceled in June 1979. From that time on, they have been open 24 hours a day.